Hay-rack



(No Model.)

B. F. WHITAKER.

HAY RACK.

Patented Feb. 18, 1883-.

INVENHJR ZK'AAE T FER Anna NEyS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IELISHA F. WHITAKER, OF GOULDSBOROUGH, MAINE.

HAY- RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,109, dated February 13, 1883.

. ApplicationfiledNovemberQ,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, E. F. WHITAKER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Gou'ldsborough, in the county of Hancock and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Hay-Carriage, of which the followingis a specification. 7

My invention relates to improvements in hay-carriages constructed with flaring sides, forming racks for transporting hay from fields to stables, barns, 85c.

The objects of my invention are to construct the carriage in such manner as that it may be turned within a short space, and also to provide a platform from which the hay may be advantageously pitched from the carriage.

My invention consists in the means for attaining these objects, as hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvement; Fig. 2, a top view of same, and Fig. 3 a bottom view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.

- A represents the body of the carriage.

a. are the upper side pieces of the body,connected by the cross-pieces b.

c is the front platform of the carriage, consisting of the side pieces 0 and cross-pieces c floored over with boards.

d is the rear platform, situated in a lower plane than the platform 0, and consisting of the side pieces d and cross-pieces d floored over in like manner with the front platform 0.

The side pieces a d and the side pieces a are connected by the roundse, and in like manner the front and rear cross pieces, 0 d are connected with the cross-pieces b. The front platform, 0, is raised above the rear platform, d, about two-fifths or one-quarter the distance between said rear platform, d, and the upper frame, a I), and said platforms are connected by the upright metal bracesf, the diagonal braces g, and the oblique braces h. Allot'said braces are secured to the frames of the platforms by means of screw-bolts, in order that they may be tightened to allow for shrinkage or wear of the wood-work.

i are metallic rocker-straps, and 7a is the rocker bar or bolster.

This body is mounted upon running-gear B, provided with front wheels, 1, of such size as to turn under the front platform, and rear wheels, m, of somewhat larger size.

It will be seen that by this construction my improved hay-carriage may be turned about within a small space, and that the front platform affords a convenient place from which to pitch the hay when the wagon is nearly empty.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isp In a hay-rack, the combination, with the running-gear and the frame 6 a b, of the rear platform, d, and the elevated front platform, 0, said platforms connected together by the strapsfg h, substant ally as and for the purposes described.

ELISHA F. WHITAKER.

Vitnesses B. T. TOWLE, H. B. SAUNDERS. 

